abstract: 'This paper examines the generational progress of ethnic minorities in

  Britain by analysing four labour market outcomes: economic inactivity,

  unemployment, access to salaried jobs and self-employment. An important

  contribution of this paper is the possibility to examine the impact of a

  range of cultural and social resources on employment outcomes, namely

  language fluency, co-ethnic spouse, co-ethnic employer, bridging and

  bonding social capital. Controlling for ethnic and religious identities,

  individual, social and human capital characteristics, it finds clear

  advantages of language proficiency in obtaining employment and salaried

  jobs. However, the second generation shows little advancement in all the

  outcomes examined and a particularly strong religious penalty is found

  among Muslim women. It concludes that persistent ethno-religious penalty

  experienced by the second generation poses a serious policy challenge

  and does little to strengthen our economy or in building a cohesive

  society.'
affiliation: 'Cheung, SY (Corresponding Author), Cardiff Univ, Sch Social Sci, Glamorgan
  Bldg,King Edward VII Ave, Cardiff CF10 3WT, S Glam, Wales.

  Cardiff Univ, Sch Social Sci, Cardiff CF10 3WT, S Glam, Wales.'
author: Cheung, Sin Yi
author-email: cheungsy@cardiff.ac.uk
author_list:
- family: Cheung
  given: Sin Yi
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/01419870.2013.808757
eissn: 1466-4356
files: []
issn: 0141-9870
journal: ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES
keywords: 'ethnicity; religion; generation; language fluency; labour market

  integration'
keywords-plus: ECONOMIC-ACTIVITY; BRITAIN
language: English
month: JAN 2
number: 1, SI
number-of-cited-references: '25'
orcid-numbers: Cheung, Sin Yi/0000-0002-9913-1451
pages: 140-160
papis_id: 35c921d1fed1fd0fbdda060107dd0fbe
ref: Cheung2014ethnoreligiousminori
researcherid-numbers: Cheung, Sin Yi/G-5248-2016
times-cited: '37'
title: 'Ethno-religious minorities and labour market integration: generational advancement
  or decline?'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000328532100008
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '36'
volume: '37'
web-of-science-categories: Ethnic Studies; Sociology
year: '2014'